Editing 1996 Summer Paralympics (section)

== Medal count ==
{{Main|1996 Summer Paralympics medal table}}
[[File:1996 Paralympic medals.jpg|thumb|The medals of the 1996 Summer Paralympics]]
A total of 1574 medals were awarded during the Atlanta games: 517 gold, 516 silver, and 541 bronze. The host country, the United States, topped the medal count with more gold medals, more bronze medals, and more medals overall than any other nation. Germany took the most silver medals, with 58.<ref>{{cite web |title=Medal Standings – Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games |publisher=[[International Paralympic Committee]] |year=2008 |url=http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1996PG&sport=all |access-date = July 12, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110605181942/http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1996PG&sport=all| archive-date= June 5, 2011 }}</ref>

In the table below, the ranking sorts by the number of gold medals earned by the top ten nations (in this context a nation is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.

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 | gold_USA = 47 | silver_USA = 46 | bronze_USA = 66 | host_USA = yes  | name_USA = {{FlagIPCteam|USA|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_AUS = 42 | silver_AUS = 37 | bronze_AUS = 27 | name_AUS = {{FlagIPCteam|AUS|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_GER = 40 | silver_GER = 58 | bronze_GER = 51 | name_GER = {{FlagIPCteam|GER|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_GBR = 40 | silver_GBR = 42 | bronze_GBR = 41 | name_GBR = {{FlagIPCteam|GBR|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_ESP = 39 | silver_ESP = 31 | bronze_ESP = 36 | name_ESP = {{FlagIPCteam|ESP|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_FRA = 35 | silver_FRA = 29 | bronze_FRA = 31 | name_FRA = {{FlagIPCteam|FRA|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_CAN = 24 | silver_CAN = 23 | bronze_CAN = 24 | name_CAN = {{FlagIPCteam|CAN|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_NED = 17 | silver_NED = 11 | bronze_NED = 17 | name_NED = {{FlagIPCteam|NED|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_CHN = 16 | silver_CHN = 13 | bronze_CHN = 10 | name_CHN = {{FlagIPCteam|CHN|1996 Summer}}
 | gold_JPN = 14 | silver_JPN = 10 | bronze_JPN = 13 | name_JPN = {{FlagIPCteam|JPN|1996 Summer}}
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